PLUS (PT)

Dialogue"Firoozeh Dumas: Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference"
Host Marcia Franklin talks with the Iranian-born humorist. Dumas, who is working on a one-woman show, is the author of Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in AmericaG

7:30 am

Outdoor Idaho"Riding The Rails"
In Idaho as in the rest of the West, the Iron Horse helped carve a civilization out of a wilderness. Today, many of the smaller roads have been vacated by the railroads but inventive Idahoans find new ways to enjoy them from modern rail bikes to model trains.G

8:00 am

Oregon Field Guide"Fish Kill/Portland Wsewers/Bend Badlands"
Ranchers and conservationists work together to protect the Bend Badlands. An algae phenomena has killed many types of marine life off the Oregon coast.G

8:30 am

Roadtrip Nation"In-Studio Interviews: Mike Song and Paul Dateh"
Alumni Roadtrippers Ray, Hannah and Mariana interview Mike Song, Assistant Choreographer for the film Step Up Revolution, and Paul Dateh, a Hip-Hop Violinist and Youtube Sensation. Audience members learn about the struggle Paul faced in pursuing his life dream, and how he overcame 'The Noise' of doubt directed at him from others. Paul gives the audience a performance of his work before handing the stage off to Mike Song. D

9:00 am

Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers"Make Up Your Mind"
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS discovers the "you" inside your head - the part of your mind, sitting right behind your forehead, that decides what you do every waking second of the day. The program reconstructs a 150-year-old accident that caused a railroad worker named Phineas Gage to lose his sense of self; sees children's reasoning powers gradually come online; and scans Alan Alda's brain as he struggles to make decisions while feeling cheated. D

10:00 am

Seneca Falls
Directed by Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Louise Vance, "Seneca Falls" is a fresh and inspiring journey of discovery with nine diverse teenage girls bound for the birthplace of women's rights in America. A stunning history lesson wrapped inside a teenage road trip, the documentary is, above all, an awakening of young hearts and minds. "Seneca Falls" breathes life and relevance into a revolutionary act barely mentioned in history books: America's first women's rights convention, held in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. D

11:00 am

Wild!"Lost Whales"
For 150 years, southern right whales were hunted to the brink of extinction, but the discovery of a pod in the Southern Ocean has sparked fresh hope that their numbers are increasing. Intimate underwater footage unveils the behavior of these gentle giants and gives scientists a chance to predict and protect their future recovery. D

12:00 pm

Globe Trekker"London City Guide 2"
Trekker Brianna Barnes embarks on her tour of London at Buckingham Palace, heads over to the National Gallery, tours the street art scene, and bikes from Regent's Park to the Olympic Stadium. She also speeds off along the Thames River to Greenwich for a look at the Royal Naval College and the National Maritime Museum, then pops over to the Tate Modern, visits stately Cliveden House and the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, home to the biggest botanical collection in the world.G

Biz Kid$"The Biz Kids Challenge"
The Biz Kids learn the world of marketing through the "Project Lemonade Challenge." Two teams, two identical lemonade stands. It's up to the kids to decide the price and promotion strategy to sell the most product. D

NOVA"Separating Twins"
Abandoned shortly after birth at an orphanage in Bangladesh, twin girls, Trishna and Krishna, are joined at the head and have little chance of survival. Aid workers take them to Australia where they spend two years battling for life before doctors can attempt a marathon separation surgery to allow them to live separate lives.G

Great Performances"Hitman Returns: David Foster & Friends"
Maestro to the stars David Foster presents a program of high-profile friends that he accompanies for a magnificent night of music at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas in October 2010. Solos by veteran performers and newcomers provide a succession of show-stoppers, including Jackie Evancho, the 10-year-old singing phenomenon. Evancho sings Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Pie Jesu" and Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro." Other friends of Foster appearing on the show include All-4-One, Martina McBride, Charice, Natalie Cole, Lara Fabian, Ne-Yo, Michael Bolton, Robert Randolph, Chaka Khan, Kenny Loggins, Seal, Ruben Studdard, Donna Summer, and Earth, Wind & Fire. They perform songs written, produced or connected to Foster over the course of his career. Several duets provide added dimension to the program.G

8:00 pm

Leonard Cohen Live In London
For over four decades, Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important and influential songwriters of our time, a figure whose body of work achieves greater depths of mystery and meaning as time goes on. His songs have set a virtually unmatched standard in their seriousness and range. Sex, spirituality, religion, power - he has relentlessly examined the largest issues in human lives, always with a full appreciation of how elusive answers can be to the vexing questions he raises. D

9:30 pm

Remembered Earth: New Mexico's High Desert
Travel a storied landscape of the American West, a land of hallowed mountains, red rock canyons and vast plateaus. Indian author N. Scott Momaday gives words to the landscape filmmaker John Grabowska captures on film. Together they present a thoughtful interpretation of land ethics. Indian actor Irene Bedard (Pocahontas) narrates.G

Overdraft
This film presents a broad explanation of America's federal debt and the choices Americans will have to make to fix it. It describes the connections, opportunities, and consequences of debt at the federal, state, and local levels of government and includes interviews with prominent leaders in government, economics, and journalism alongside stories of citizens from across the country who must cope with the consequences - and sometimes invisible hand - of America's debt. In the end, viewers are left with choices to change a gloomy forecast.G